ACA Podcast Series

Since 2008, ACA has provided a series of podcasts aimed to help you save time and money as you strive to stay well-informed on professional issues.

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HT045 - Ferry Boat Disaster in South Korea (with Korean translation)

Cirecie A. West-Olatunji, PhD, Eunhui Yoon

Speakers:

Cirecie A. West-Olatunji, PhD is associate professor and director of the Center for Traumatic Stress Research at the University of Cincinnati. She is also president of the American Counseling Association (ACA). Dr. West-Olatunji’s research projects focus on the relationship between traumatic stress and systemic oppression.

Eunhui Yoon is a doctoral candidate in the counselor education program at the University of Florida. Ms. Yoon is co-author of an article on, "culture centered perspective disaster counseling," published in the Journal of Asian Pacific Counseling (2013). Additionally, she facilitated a disaster counseling workshop (2011) for professional school counselors led by Dr. West-Olatunji that was held in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Among others, Rebecca Daniel-Burke, asks the following questions:

How has the media's portrayal of the ferry accident affected the people of Korea?

What problems did survivors have working for the ferry company?

How have family relations been affected?

Has anything positive come from the disaster and recovery?

How did the survivors see their life changing from before the disaster to now?

Tell us how the accident and other disasters (such as the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina) are alike? Different?

How have Korean professional counselors responded to this current disaster?

How might other children who have knowledge of the ferry disaster react to this crisis?

Where are some resources for professional counselors and other mental health professionals who are working with affected children as well as adults?

Where can parents/caregivers learn more about how to respond to disasters to aid their children in recovery?